Detachable, collapsible combination rack for foot locker and shoes



Dec. 22, 1964 R. w. SCOTT 3,162,311

DETACHABLE, COLLAPSIBLE COMBINATION RACK FOR FOOT LOCKER AND SHOES Filed May 25, 1962 EO/Vfl W S0077 INVENTOR.

United States Patent Oil-ice 3,162,311 Patented Dec. 22, 1964 3,162,311 DETAHABLE, COLLAPSIBLE COMBINATION RACK FOR FOOT LOCKER AND SHOES Reno W. Scott, 312 N. 6th St, Lawton, Okla. Filed May 25, 1962, Ser. No. 197,723 3 Claims. (Cl. 211--34) This invention relates to racks and more particulary to racks for the support of foot lockers and shoes on bedsteads such as the bedsteads used in army barracks and the like.

Various racks have been proposed heretofore, but these, for the most part, were complicated to assemble and disassemble and were designed for a specific purpose and were not readily adaptable to bedsteads such as used in army barrcks and the like.

The present invention is designed to have a minimum of pieces which may be readily assembled and disassembled so it will pack into a relatively thin carton for shipping or for storage, but, when erected on a bedstead, it will support a foot locker for the like, which weighs several hundred pounds, as well as provide a shoe rack, thereby providing the occupant of the bed with complete storage and racking facilities for clothes and personal accessories.

An object of this invention is to provide a rack for foot lockers and shoes which may be quickly attached to bedsteads, such as are generally used by the Armed Forces.

Another object of the invention is to provide a rack for a foot locker or the like and for shoes, which rack is readily attachable to and detachable from a bedstead, and the disassembled pieces of which nest into the main frame for storage and shipment.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a rack for supporting a foot locker or the like, shoes, and the like, which rack is light in weight, low in cost of construction and which may be readily installed without the use of tools.

With these objects in mind and others which will become manifest as the description proceeds, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing in which like reference characters designate like parts in the several views thereof, in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the combination foot locker rack and shoe rack installed on the foot of a bedstead, and with portions being broken away and portions being shown in section to bring out the details of construction;

FIG. 2 is a fragmentary, side elevational view of a bedstead showing the foot locker rack and shoe rack attached thereto in full outline, and showing, in dashed outline, a foot locker and a shoe positioned on the respec tive racks;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged, exploded, perspective View of a portion of the bracing system of the rack, with parts broken away, parts shortened, and parts shown in section to bring out the details of constructions;

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary portion of one of the shoe rack members, on an enlarged scale, with parts thereof being shown in section;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged, fragmentary, sectional view taken on line 55 of FIG. 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows; and

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken on line 66 of FIG. 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows, and showing a brace, in dashed outline, removably positioned thereon.

With more detailed reference to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates generally a bedstead having upright tubular bed posts 2 with a transverse tubular member 4 connecting the upright posts 2 at their upper ends. A

transverse bar or brace 5 extends between the tubular posts 2 in the conventional manner.

The present rack has a generally rectangular angle frame 6 composed of angle members 7 and 9, each member having an upstanding leg 8 and an inwardly extending leg 10. The upstanding leg 8 is of a size to receive a foot locker, trunk or box within the confines of the upstanding leg 8. The legs 16 extends inwardly to form a support for locker 12. A transverse brace 14 extends between the legs 10 of the elongated angle members 9 of the rectangular frame 6, which prevents the spreading of the elongated angle members 9 of the frame 6. The upstanding leg 8 of angle member 9 adjacent the tubular post 2 is apertured to receive screwthreaded bolts 16 therethrough and through a U-shaped clamp member 18, as will best be seen in FIGS. 2 and 5. Each bolt 16 has a wing nut 20 thereon to bindingly engage the respective U-clamps 18 with the respective tubular posts 2, as will best be seen in FIG. 5. These U-clamps 18 support the side of the rectangular rack 6 adjacent posts 2. An angular brace 22 is bifurcated at each end with bifurcations 24 and 26 thereof being in planes which are substantially at right angles to each other. The bifurcation 24 is adapted to straddle transverse rod 5 and extend upward so that the bifurcation 26 will straddle a shouldered pin 28 on angle member 9, as will best be seen in FIGS. 2 and 6. A pin 28 is provided near each end of the rack 6 as is the brace 22. The braces 22 are apertured at 30, as will best be seen in FIG. 2, which aperture 30 receives a downturned hook 32 which hook 332 is positioned on the upper end of rod 34.

The lower end of the rod 34 is headed, as indicated at 36, to pass through a keyhole slot 38 within downwardly extending shoe rack frame 40, which rod 34 will support the shoe rack frame 40, at an angle, a spaced distance below elongated angle rectangular frame 6. The shoe rack 40 is rectangular in shape and has elongated shoe support bars 42 extending between side members 44 thereof. The upper end of the each side member 44 is notched, as indicated at 46, so that the notched portion 46 of each member 44 will pass downward over transverse rod 5 adjacent the tubular posts 2, which form the foot of the bedstead 1.

It is preferable to have the inner faces of the heads of bolts 16 and the shouldered portions of pins 28 relatively flat so as not to obstruct the seating of the foot locker 12 within the rectangular frame 6.

A rack thus constructed will sustain a downward weight of several hundred pounds, as the Weight thereon is transferred from rack 6 through bars 22 to transverse bar 5 at a point near tubular members 2 which form the upstanding bedstead post. Furthermore, the rod 34 attaches to the angularly disposed bar 22 in such manner as to support shoe rack 40 below locker12, at an angle,

so that shoes 41 may be readily racked on elongated bars 42.

Disassembly To disassemble the rack, the shoe rack 40 is lifted upward until keyhole slots 38 are disengaged from heads 36 of rods 34. Whereupon, the shoe rack 40' may be lifted upward until the slots or notches 46 disengage transverse rod 5, and since the side members 44 are shorter than the end angle members of elongated rectangular frame 6, and the length of the shoe rack 40 is less than the length between the inner legs 8 of the frame 6, the rack 40 may be nested within rack 6. The wing nuts 2i) may be removed from bolts 16, which removes U- clamps 18 from around tubular post 2 of the bedstead; then by lifting up the frame 6, the bifurcations 24 thereof will be disengaged from transverse rod 5. The rods 34 may be unhooked from angular braces 22 and, by a substantially longitudinal movement of angular braces 22, the blfurcated portions 26 of angle members 22 may be disengaged from shouldered pins 28. Whereupon, the

braces 22, rods 34, and U-clamps 18 may be nested within the confines of rectangular locker rack 6. 7

By having the device 'freeyof hinges, and free of bolts which pass through holes in the bedstead, it is possible for the rack to be readily attached to or to be detached from any bedstead Without boring of holes or altering the bedstead. The device is particularly adaptable to bar- While its use hasbeen particularly described inconnection with foot locker for barrack beds such as used by the Army, Air Force and the like, it is to be understoodthat' it may be adapted to other bedsteads and to other uses and still be within the spirit of the invention and within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus clearly shown and what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1 A demountable rack for use with a bedstead, an end described the invention it I of which bedstead has an upright post-0n each side thereof a with a transverse bar extending'between said upright posts,

which rack comprises; 7

(a) a rectangular frame detachably secured to the upright posts of the bedstead a spaced distance above the transverse bar between said upright posts so said frame will extend substantially horizontally outward,

v(b) downwardly extending abutment means on the side of said frame farthest from said bedstead,

(c): a pair of braces, each-brace having a bifurcation formed in each end; thereof, Y

(1) the bifurcation on the corresponding ends of 0 I each said .brace being adapted to' detachably engage said transverse bar which extends between said upright posts of said: bedstead in straddling relation, (2) the bifurcation of said rectangular frame farthest from said bedstead,

(c) a pair of braces,. each endof each brace having a bifurcation formed therein, which bifurcations of each brace are at right angles to each other,

(1) the bifurcations on the corresponding'ends' of said braces being adapted to extend between theupright posts of said bedstead,

at the other end of each said brace'being adapted to engage saiddownwardly (2) the bifurcation at the other ends of said braces being adapted to engage said downwardly extending abutment means on the lower side of saidrrectangular frame. I

3. A demountable rack for use with a bedstead, an end of which bedstead has an upright post on each side thereof with a transverse bar extending between said upright posts, which rack comprises;

(an) a first rectangular frame detachably secured to the upright posts of the' bedstead a spaced distance above the transverse bar between said upright posts so said frame willfextend' substantially horizontally (b) downwardly extending abutment means on the side.

I of said first rectangular frame farthest from the bedstead, a i j (c) a pair of braces, "each end of each ,brace having a bifurcation formed therein,

(1) the", bifurcation on the corresponding ends of each said brace being adapted to engage said transversebar which extends between the upright posts of said bedstead a spaced distance below said first rectangular frame in straddling relation, r V V 2) the bifurcation of the other ends of each said brace being adapted to engage said downwardly extending abutment means on the lower side of said first frame in straddling relation, (d) a second rectangular frame which second frame I is of lesser length than the distance between said upright posts of said bedstead, I

' (1) said second rectangular frame having notches formed in a side thereof to complementally engage said transverse bar of the bedstead,

(2) said second rectangular frame having key-hole slot formed in an end thereof near the side farthest from the bedstead,

(e) said outwardly extending braces each having an aperture formed therein near the distal end thereof, (f'), a rod attachedto each end' of said second rectan- 'gular framing" f 7 (1) each rod having ahook formed on one end thereof, f f I I (2)' a portionof the other end of each rod'being bent at a right angle to the length thereof, and having: a head formed on the endof said bent portion,

(3) said hook on each rod being adapted to engage in an aperture in 'eachdownwardly extending brace,

' (4) said'head on each said rod being adapted to V engage in one of said key hole slots in an end of said secondrectangular frame so said rods will form a support between said braces and said second rectangular frame,

, geferen c es Cited by the Examiner V UNITED STATES PATENTS ,cLAUnE A. LE ROY, Primary Examiner, 

1. A DEMOUNTABLE RACK FOR USE WITH A BEDSTEAD, AN END OF WHICH BEDSTEAD HAS AN UPRIGHT POST ON EACH SIDE THEREOF WITH A TRANSVERSE BAR EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID UPRIGHT POSTS, WHICH RACK COMPRISES; (A) A RECTANGULAR FRAME DETACHABLY SECURED TO THE UPRIGHT POSTS OF THE BEDSTEAD A SPACED DISTANCE ABOVE THE TRANSVERSE BAR BETWEEN SAID UPRIGHT POSTS SO SAID FRAME WILL EXTEND SUBSTANTAILLY HORIZONTALLY OUTWARD, (B) DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING ABUTMENT MEANS ON THE SIDE OF SAID FRAME FARTHEST FROM SAID BEDSTEAD (C) A PAIR OF BRACES, EACH BRACE HAVING A BIFURCATION FORMED IN EACH END THEREOF, (1) THE BIFURCATION ON THE CORRESPONDING ENDS OF EACH SAID BRACE BEING ADAPTED TO DETACHABLY ENGAGE SAID TRANSVERSE BAR WHICH EXTENDS BETWEEN SAID UPRIGHT POSTS OF SAID BEDSTEAD IN STRADDLING RELATION, (2) THE BIFURCATION AT THE OTHER END OF EACH SAID BRACE BEING ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING ABUTMENT MEANS ON THE LOWER SIDE OF SAID BEDSTEAD IN STRADDLING RELATION. 